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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1893
Page
1
El Paso, New Orleans and Los Angeles impressions by a traveler from Johnson City. Describes Juarez, El Paso, Deming and Yuma, trade, climate, people, and price contrasts. Notes New Orleans hospitality, El Paso adobe streets, and Los Angeles growth, climate and real estate openness for settlers.
The East Tennessee Telephone Company will install new lines in the region as part of an expansion project aimed at improving service. Officials say the work will enhance connectivity for residents and businesses, with completion expected in the coming months.
A historic cold snap hit Johnson City with temperatures allegedly twenty degrees below zero. Rivers and ponds froze, trains delayed, and snow depths reached 13 inches to three feet in places. Residents kept warm, roofs loaded, and relief provided for the poor while East Tennessee gears up for a thaw and continued cold wave effects noted for weeks ahead.
On January 16 in Wrooweerse Tennessee Peter Turney was sworn in as governor at his home Woll's Orag. The ceremony united supreme court justices senators representatives and officials with Turney’s family present. A special Nashville train brought the inauguration party to Winchester for the intimate oath in the Turney library.
Bishop Quintard offered a prayer for Governor Peter Turney at the Tennessee inauguration in Franklin. The ceremony included a benediction and remarks by the new governor, who announced appointees to the supreme court and adjutant general. Turney said he would travel to Nashville within ten days to assume duties.
The Carnegie Land Company received a letter from the O's way officials asking for a site for railroad shops to locate here. Johnson City approved $25,000 in bonds. Local interest runs high with hopes of early construction and a thriving hub for the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railway and Carnegie Iron Furnace. The Midwinter Delineator issue is out featuring fashions and entertaining pieces including a Church Faire, Valentine Shadow Party and Empire Drill. The Burrenicx Postage Co. advertises subscriptions at one dollar annually.
The scene depicts a heated senatorial contest in Frankfort Kentucky with governors, judges, and candidates canvassing. Ex-governors Buckwen and Exorr campaign on the ground while Congressmen McCakany and Bakoxewninge are expected from Wyoming. Rost asserts his brother Bakox ewninge will seek a candidacy. Subscription notice for The Comer appears at ten cents per week.
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